Health is one of the most rejoiced blessings of Almighty that humankind enjoys. A healthy person may not be wealthy yet enjoy his life but a sick person having bounties at his disposal may not be as happy as the former one. With the ever advancing time, advanced the technology developed by humans and that too at a rate of manifolds. 15 years ago no one had even imagined operating his cellphone by touching its screen but now almost all the phones use touch interface and some even don’t need a physical touch to get instructions. That’s a fine example of technological advancement in daily lives but apart from that the smart human mind has developed software to perform extraordinary tasks at the snap of fingers. Hefty tasks with extensive procedures are now possible to be done at a few clicks of the mouse. One such area of development is the Healthcare Industry where technological expansion is acting as a boon to us. Healthcare software have made the doctors’ jobs so convenient and patients’ lives much hassle free, but before proceeding further we need to understand what Healthcare software is.Wikipedia defines Healthcare software as – Software intended to analyze patient data generated by a medical device with a view to diagnosis and monitoring. Thus it is clear that today all sorts of medical devices and equipment use some sort of software to operate be it a dentist’s machine to get the X-ray of a human tooth or a super sophisticated radioactive machine that uses precise laser beam to perform chemotherapy.The healthcare software are becoming an absolute necessity these days for all the hospitals especially to run them effectively. Cases came forward of multiple casualties caused due to over dosage of drugs suggested by software due to errors in coding which resulted in regulatory bodies strictly reviewing the software to avoid further casualties. After stretched R&D, certain norms were formed which are followed in US and Europe. Today all software are developed on US and EU norms. With the boom in IT industry, numerous organizations are developing software focused only on Healthcare Industry. One should understand that healthcare software are used not only to diagnose and cure medicines but also for the smooth and hassle-free functioning of the organization or hospital or wherever it is being implemented.Let’s consider an example of any XYZ hospital using a series of healthcare software. These may primarily be used in operation of medical equipment but apart from that the secondary areas where these software may be used are numerous. Biometric attendance system uses a combination of software and hardware to mark the employees’ attendance using their fingerprints. Instead of hiring a clerk or manager, both resources and time may be saved by software that randomly assigns shifts of staff at various departments and times. A software may save a HR manager’s day at hospital by automatically calculating the working days and maintain the salary accounts of the employees. Earlier much time was wasted consulting hospital’s management and doctors regarding cases that fall under special category and may conflict with the organization’s policies. Welcome a new application that automatically does the required scrutiny for you. Many healthcare insurance companies are signing contracts with hospitals to provide healthcare services and with the entry of related applications and set of software the entries made at insurance office are mirrored at hospitals in contract and vice versa thus saving many lives due to the prolonged procedures used earlier. Even Nova (Earlier Excel) Hospital of Kanpur uses such software. Now clerks are no longer required to run all around the premises to the respective doctors to fetch and serve orders. Applications being used now make it possible to feed, manage and send the orders by the management or doctors. With just a few clicks an order may be transmitted to everyone intended in few seconds. Healthcare software also prevents the store rooms from getting flocked by files and records. Digitization makes it convenient store all the required data and records at single place which can be further accessed by authorized people through cloud computing or physical sharing. Since the time a patient gets admitted in a hospital to the billing of his treatment, Healthcare software takes care of everything.Continuous research and development in this sector and collaborations with giant IT companies, organizations are now developing extremely advanced yet easy-to-use software that are making millions of lives easy and saving so much of resources. From peon to surgeon to Managing Director of hospitals, Healthcare software touch everyone’s life and somewhat act as a lifeline making the software an absolute necessity for effective and efficient running of hospitals.